High 8.0HealthcarePublished Dec 14, 2020

CVE-2020-25183Medtronic MyCareLink Smart Improper Authentication

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:25 UTC)

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It affects Medtronic Smart Model 25000 Patient Reader and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, higher than 56% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Medtronic MyCareLink Smart 25000 contains an authentication protocol vulnerability where the method used to authenticate between the MCL Smart Patient Reader and the Medtronic MyCareLink Smart mobile app is vulnerable to bypass. This vulnerability enables an attacker to use another mobile device or malicious application on the patient’s smartphone to authenticate to the patient’s Medtronic Smart Reader, fooling the device into believing it is communicating with the original Medtronic smart phone application when executed within range of Bluetooth communication.

CVSS: 8.0 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.80% (percentile 56)
Assigned by: icscert
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: May 22, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Medtronic Smart Model 25000 Patient Reader medtronic:smart_model_25000_patient_reader (from the name)	all versions	CNA record
medtronic mycarelink_smart_model_25000_firmware medtronic:mycarelink_smart_model_25000_firmware	all versions	NVD

References

https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/mycarelink-smart-security-vulnerability-patch.htmlx-refsource-misc
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-20-345-01
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-20-345-01third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

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